Then in Git Bash you have to write the following line:
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
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If the repository already exists then you have to do the following:
git rm -r --cached .
git add .
git commit -m ".gitignore is now working"
If the step 2 doesn’t work then you should write the whole route of the files that you would like to add.
just put the name or the path to your file in a .gitignore file, like this:
your_file.svg <-- ignore the file your_file.svg
*.sql <-- ignore any .sql files
ihm/test/ <-- ignore the whole "test" folder in "ihm"
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### Intellij ###
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# .idea/*.iml
# .idea/modules
# *.iml
# *.ipr
# CMake
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# JIRA plugin
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### Intellij Patch ###
# Comment Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-215987721
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### Java ###
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hs_err_pid*
replay_pid*
### macOS ###
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Icon
# Thumbnails
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# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
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